Hans,
I have noticed and mentioned in the past the crosses did not match. It was explained to me age and wear have caused colors to change and others to flake off, I am not really convinced. The picture I posted of the other fuselage cross below looks closer but to be honest I am in the camp that the "Guarded Plane" may not be 425/17
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Originally Posted by Drdad
Hello Hans
Curious about your center photo of the AWM example of the 425/17 cross.
I took this photo in 2003 ( the calipers and ruler are mine ) and wondered how you came to see it. No objections of course. Seems to confirm six degrees of separation theory.
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Interesting, I have the same pic in my pc too. I may have snagged it off of here. I honestly do not remember where I got it
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The photo of 425/17 shows only the tail crosses and the fuselage cross which had been altered to the straight cross as per Idflieg regs.
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To me the upper crosses look altered also though the proportions are off.
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The photo examples in the AWM are the wing crosses which had not yet been converted to their final form at the time of the crash.
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My understanding of the crosses he has posted is one is from a lower wing and the other is from the left fuselage.
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This airplane had three cross revisions in three months.
You are seeing the second and third versions .
Hugh Robinson
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I disagree. The fuselage and tail crosses in the "Guarded Plane" appear to to be in the final Idflieg reg.